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On Patents, Promises and 'Ugly' Patches

"The reassurance came in response to a request from Miguel de
Icaza, founder of the Gnome and Mono projects, for Microsoft to
"clarify the licensing situation for the ECMA standards covering C#
and the CLI," as de Icaza explained on his blog.

"That the promise did not include the non-ECMA portions of Mono
didn't appear to trouble de Icaza, who was still jubilant with the
result.

""I am overflowing with joy right now," he proclaimed after the
announcement.